On brain health of queenagers: a life phase of vulnerability and transformation

“Queenager” is a more positive term for middle-aged women who are in perimenopause. The majority of these women is dealing with brain symptoms, such as brain fog, mental fatigue, mood swings, and sleep disturbances. This blog post explores the mental vulnerabilities of queenagers and shares lifestyle strategies based on the work by neuroscientist and nutritioner Lisa Mosconi. What if we viewed perimenopause not as a time of decline, but as an opportunity to consciously invest in women’s brain health?

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Duo-interview: Research on psychosis – Bridging the gap from theory to practice

At the Department of Psychology of the University of Groningen, two enthusiastic scholars (Marieke Pijnenborg and Lisette van der Meer) focus their research on cognition of patients with psychosis. Both are not only academically very active, but also successful in combining their appointment as a scientist at the University of Groningen with an appointment in the clinical field. Reason enough for Mindwise to invite these two scholars for an interview to learn from their experiences and ideas.

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Update: Metacognition in Psychotic Disorders: Grounds for Therapy?

In 2014, my collaborators and I published a post on Mindwise entitled: “What are you thinking right now? On the topic of metacognition”, in which we discussed what metacognition is considered to be (‘thinking about thinking’) and how metacognition may play a role in different kinds of psychopathology. In this post, we seek to delve a little deeper by applying the model to disorders in the psychosis spectrum.

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